Import inventory adjustment into QuickBooks

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Overview of importing inventory adjustments

In QuickBooks desktop an inventory adjustment is used to vary the quantity or value of inventory items held in stock, it can also be used to adjust the location of inventory.  With Zed Axis you can import inventory adjustments from text files or from Excel spreadsheets directly into QuickBooks desktop.  Before importing inventory adjustments please note:

  • Unless you are using QuickBooks Enterprise you must switch to single user mode before importing
  • Make sure the inventory adjustment form is not open in QuickBooks 

Steps to import inventory adjustments

Follow these steps:
  1. Download and install the Zed Axis software on your computer
  2. Open your QuickBooks company file as Administrator and open Zed Axis
  3. Select your text file or spreadsheet which contains the inventory adjustments that you want to import.
  4. Set up the a Mapping of the columns in your inventory adjustment import file to the corresponding fields in QuickBooks, as shown below
  5. Click Import and your inventory adjustments will be directly added to your QuickBooks company file.

More help?

For more information about importing inventory adjustments into QuickBooks, search the Knowledge Base, watch the movies in the Learning Centre, or raise a ticket with Zed Support.
Inventory Adjustment sample template

Where the fields appear in QuickBooks

Import inventory adjustments

Note: You can either do a Quantity Adjustment which either adds or subtracts, or sets a new quantity (QuantityAdj.NewQuantity) in QuickBooks, or you can do a Value Adjustment that sets the new $ value (ValueAdj.NewValue) of the inventory and optionally the new quantity (ValueAdj.NewQuantity).

BUT, if you combine both a QuantityAdj and ValueAdj you will get an error.

Detailed description of the fields in QuickBooks

QuickBooks fieldFormat Description 
Account RefStr 159 The adjustment account that the inventory adjustment will be posted to in QuickBooks 
Txn DateDateThe date of the inventory adjustment
Ref NumberStr 11The reference number for the Inventory Adjustment, Axis uses this field to group rows together
Inventory SiteStr 31The inventory site that that adjustment is being made too more here
Customer RefStr 209The customer job that the adjustment is allocated to
Class RefStr 159The class used to categorize the transaction
MemoStr 4095The Memo description used on the transaction
Item Ref Full NameStr 209The full name of the inventory item as appears in QuickBooks 
Quantity Adj New QuantityquantSets the new quantity of the item held in stock
Quantity Adj DifferencequantAdjust the quantity of the item held in stock
Quantity Adj Serial NumberStr 4095The serial numbers for the inventory items in the quantity adjustment, multiple numbers separated by commas more here
Quantity Adj Lot NumberStr 40The lot numbers for the inventory items in the quantity adjustment more here
Quantity Adj Inventory Site Location RefStr 31The Bin location of the items being adjusted for quantity, in the format Site:Bin more here
Value Adj New QuantityquantSets the quantity of items held in stock 
Value Adj Quantity DifferencequantAdjusts the quantity of the item held in stock
Value Adj New ValueamtSets the new value of the item held in stock
Value Adj Value DifferenceamtAdjusts the value of the item held in stock
Serial NumberStr 4095Records the serial number of the item, more
Lot NumberStr 40Records the lot number of the item held in stock, more
 

Troubleshooting Errors

 
Error: This transaction doesn't support items of this type.
This error occurs when you have specified an Item that is not an Inventory type ie a Service, or Non-inventory, QuickBooks can only adjust inventory quantities of items that are held in stock
 
Article ID: 76, , Modified: July 1 at 8:11 AM

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